[Newlug] Possible video card problem

[gaveup at gmx.net]

I'd actually say start off at 640x480 and work your way up.  Some of the video drivers don't/won't support the resolutions a monitor may ... start with the least common denominator i say. ;)

GaveUp

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:49:49PM -0600, Scott Liebergen wrote:
> Why dont you start off with this....
> 
> When you run xf86config  or whatever process your distro uses for X
> configuration  make sure to start off with just one resolution you know
> your monitor works with(1024x768) and use it for all color depths(do not
> use any other resolutions). Then once you get that working, re-run the
> config program and start experimenting.
> 
> What distro are you using?
> 
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
> 
> > Installed Linux a few days ago, started it up like
> > normal. Logon screen came on..it flickered a few times
> > and outputted some message (couldn't read it, however,
> > because it was in gibberish) I hit enter a couple of
> > times, which selected a couple of answers which I
> > couldn't read. This brought me back to the logon
> > screen. I typed in my root name and password and got
> 
>